The European cup for drinking tea evolved gradually during the first half of the eighteenth century, adapted from the Chinese porcelain tea bowls in which tea was originally drunk when it became fashionable in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century. By 1752, the Vincennes manufactory (the early name for Sèvres) was making a wide range of tea wares, many models of the 1750s remaining in production for many years.This model is named after the cabbage leaf-shaped reserves, which gave the model its name, and as on most examples were left white and painted with flowers. 'Feuille de choux'-wares illustrate how organic forms became a vital influence for the rococo style, but were also produced beyond this period until the late eighteenth century. The rest of the surface is covered with a pale turquoise-blue 'petit verd' ground, which was les common than the more vibrant 'bleu céleste'.